The Civil War and School

I figured I'd write about the Confederate Flag. Except not to get myself yelled at or called an ignorant white person, which I'd assuredly be if I wrote about it in any other context than this one. 

I thought I'd write about the Civil War in the context that I was taught it in a Northeastern middle and high school. I've been thinking about how many people have their facts so wrong about the Civil War, its causes and its meanings. People thought the South just wanted nullification or states' rights (which they did, but what did they want to prevent from going away?) or something like that. And sure that's one thing, but like @DragonflyJonez said, and I'm paraphrasing, all those causes are one degree from slavery.